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[binTravkin]

Well as I said in the chat, drill is useful when you:
1.Are already winning
2.The enemy has no immunity with drill
3.You have to overcome enemy's first strike

One needs to remember that drill I:
1.adds a chance (50%) of another first strike, not an actual first strike
2.even if that chance comes out true, it still is less worth than combat I (as seen in calculation above).
3.can be neglected

[N35t0r]

2 isn't true, as with all +x%, it changes a lot depending on the terrain bonuses. If you already have, say, +100% from wooded hill and fort, combat 1 makes very little difference. For archery units, who tend to be assigned as city garrisons, and end up receiving pretty large defensive bonuses, drill is generally better as long as you're not behind in tech (in which case city defense helps you get that extra umpf you need not to be slaughtered), and as an added bonus your units will survive combats much more healed.

and the good thing about drill 1 is adding drill 2, 3 later

[binTravkin]

well and the good thing about combat I is quite a big branch of possibilities later

[N35t0r]

but you specialize the unit, making it only useful if the required enemies show up...

[-SafaN-]

well i think we have catalogised the entire vox army about now: two horse archers and two chariots ...

GS army shoul'nt be too much of a concern now: we can contain them